Lakeshore Flood

359 events, 2006 to 2025

Flooding along the shore of one of the Great Lakes or another large lake. Every one the National Weather Service has filed, by year and by state, with the deadliest and costliest.

The deadliest and costliest on the map

The deadliest and costliest lakeshore flood episodes on record.

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The record

Events: 359
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 2
Damage: $149 million

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Every year

Deaths each year

The deadliest

Deaths from this kind of event within each episode.

Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, October 24, 20172 deaths · $871,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 eventsA rapidly deepening fall storm system tracking from the Ohio Valley to near the Mackinac Straits produced very strong and damaging north winds up to 60 mph, power outages and extensive lake shore flooding over mainly the north half of Upper Michigan on the 24th.

The costliest

Damage from this kind of event within each episode, in the dollars of its year.

By state

State or waters	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Michigan	125	2	0	$14 million
New York	78	0	0	$48 million
Wisconsin	46	0	2	$19 million
Ohio	37	0	0	$2.7 million
Vermont	20	0	0	$10 million
Illinois	15	0	0	$25 million
Indiana	15	0	0
South Dakota	13	0	0
Minnesota	6	0	0	$22 million
Pennsylvania	4	0	0	$8.4 million

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.